It is a independent & recognized as a body who can make status & prescribe low for t rained nurse & prospective nurses who are undergoing various nursing programmes. Although it is an independent body but it has to obtained approval from state government for all the lows passed by it & decision making. This council help to maintain a register of the names of professional nurses.
Registration is must for diploma & degree course in nursing. Registration system help to maintain the high standard among the professional nurses. Registration serve as a legal protection to the nurse & also to the public as it prevent disqualified & incompetent persons to practice nursing.
The training of nurses, Midwives, Health visitors & ANM’s is to a large extent controlled by the nurses registration council in the states. Registration in the state nursing council is very necessary to be registered in order to practice officially as a professional nurse. Registration council are functional in all the states of India & they are affiliated to INC.
Each state nurse registration council maintain a register for names of professional nurse. The name of these nurses are also put in to Indian Nurse Registration Council. All the diploma & degree holder nurses have to register With a State Nurses Registration Council
To inspect school of nursing in their state. To conduct examination for GNM & ANM courses. To prescribe rules of conduct, take disciplinary actions. Registration of nurses & midwives & other. Maintenance of register of nurses, Midwives & other. To renew registration & upgrade registration.
President (Director of state health service) Vice president Other member ( 4 Nursing suprintendtent,2 RN,1RM.1Health visitors)
The institution where the student nurse has received education initiates the registration process after successful completion of the recognized educational course The SNC issue diploma to the nurse. After that the application for registration is filled through a form which has to be duly filled along with the certified copy from the training institute stating that she/he has complete the course successfully This form has to be send to the register with the required process fee & a copy of diploma. with the registration process ,the name of the nurse is entered in the state register maintained in the council Registration certificate is issued to the nurse which bears the registration number ensuring that her/his name has been register.